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we will take revenge for his death in america and outside america. there's a curse on every person. >> you hear them making references to baitullah mehsud, the former leader of the taliban in pakistan. he was killed last summer. nic robertson had been talking with malawi, his family, in amman, jordan. nic, hello to you. it leaves a lot of people scratching their heads that the family is not denying it, not necessarily saying he didn't do it. instead, some are actually proud of it. >> reporter: his wife has said she is proud of him. i spoke to his father a little while ago. he said he was very upset. he said he was upset about the people that had done this to his son. he implied people intentionally brainwashed him. but when we asked him, you know, who do you mean here specifically, he seems to be implying that he thinks the intelligence agencies who were trying to run his son as an agent to get inside al qaeda are responsible for what happened. he was asked whether or not what he thought about the fact that people were killed by his son. he said if t
we will take revenge for his death in america and outside america. there's a curse on every person. >> you hear them making references to baitullah mehsud, the former leader of the taliban in pakistan. he was killed last summer. nic robertson had been talking with malawi, his family, in amman, jordan. nic, hello to you. it leaves a lot of people scratching their heads that the family is not denying it, not necessarily saying he didn't do it. instead, some are actually proud of it....
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>> al qaeda is a unit that america defeated once in yemen. it defeated it in '01 to '03, and they came back after a prison break in '03. so, if the u.s. continues to go down the same road, it is going to get the same results. the u.s. is going to be fighting different incarnations of al qaeda in yemen every few years. >> just some of the guidance from some of our people here at cnn, some of our pentagon folks, some of the folks that were with the president saying, this is a significant development that general david petraeus at this meeting he had with the president, and the discussion that he had with the president saying that this is a bit unusual and precedent setting and a much bigger deal than many people know that it is, if it is. do you agree with that? it is a big deal? >> well, david petrais last visited yemen in july of last year. i was in the country when he came. essentially he brought the message, look, the united states is giving you much more money now, and the united states wants to see a return on its money. essentially he pr
>> al qaeda is a unit that america defeated once in yemen. it defeated it in '01 to '03, and they came back after a prison break in '03. so, if the u.s. continues to go down the same road, it is going to get the same results. the u.s. is going to be fighting different incarnations of al qaeda in yemen every few years. >> just some of the guidance from some of our people here at cnn, some of our pentagon folks, some of the folks that were with the president saying, this is a...
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they trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: those words the strongest yet from president obama linking al qaeda and yemen to the failed attack. the president is also calling a high level meeting on tuesday with senior i were tell against and national security officials there. >>> there are a lot of moving parts to this picture. tuesday's meeting, general petraeus in yemen, the strong language from president obama. long standing history of al qaeda's activity in yemen dating back to the attack on the uss cole in 2000. so let's try to understand what's happening. peter bergen joins me now. tuesday's meeting, what will be on that agenda? >> obviously the question of what went wrong with the detroit bomber getting on the plane with the explosives. but in terms of yemen, i think it's significant that david petraeus was sent. there are a lot of other people you could send, the counter terrorism adviser has been to yemen, could you send the secretary of state, but you're sending a four star why not whose area of responsi
they trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: those words the strongest yet from president obama linking al qaeda and yemen to the failed attack. the president is also calling a high level meeting on tuesday with senior i were tell against and national security officials there. >>> there are a lot of moving parts to this picture. tuesday's meeting, general petraeus in yemen, the strong language from...
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that's what america believes in. that's the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these violent extremists. >> larry: we'll be back with our panel right after these words. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. >> larry: amanda camp ter, let's start with you. what does the president do about yemen? >> he has to get some kind of promise they will start producing members of al qaeda. reports earlier this week they arrested three people. we're going to need a heck of a lot more than that before we start sending troops in ourselves. >> larry: stephanie? >> well, you know, yeah, i mean, i think this points up, though, larry, why the bush administration had the wrong strategy on terrorism and have no grounds to criticize the president now. the worst security failure in our history happened on their watch, despite numerous warnings. then they let the people behind it go at tora bora, attack the wrong country in iraq. they have no credibility in his matter. are we going to bomb yemen now?
that's what america believes in. that's the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these violent extremists. >> larry: we'll be back with our panel right after these words. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. >> larry: amanda camp ter, let's start with you. what does the president do about yemen? >> he has to get some kind of promise they will start producing members of al qaeda. reports earlier this week they arrested three people. we're...
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providing security assistance, it is america providing leadership and convincing yemen's neighbors, particularly arab states, saudi arabia and kuwait, and the arab league, to lead this particular effort to prevent the collapse of the yemen into being failed state. >> not yet failed. all right. we appreciate. so much more to learn about yemen. thank you for the discussion. >>> president obama, by the way, returning to washington this week. cnn's senior white house official ed henry has been traveling with the president in hawaii where the president is winding up his vacation. ed, wow. we know -- obviously, the president has a lot on his plate and as soon as he touches down in washington, what is priority number one? >> well, clearly, it is protecting the u.s. homeland. that's why we are seeing a very aggressive action when john brennan the president's homeland security adviser, was on the sunday talk shows today, outlining, you know, clearly shutting down at least temporarily the u.s. embassy in yemen because of threats there. beefing up transportation security. making sure that plan
providing security assistance, it is america providing leadership and convincing yemen's neighbors, particularly arab states, saudi arabia and kuwait, and the arab league, to lead this particular effort to prevent the collapse of the yemen into being failed state. >> not yet failed. all right. we appreciate. so much more to learn about yemen. thank you for the discussion. >>> president obama, by the way, returning to washington this week. cnn's senior white house official ed...
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moat tell's opener recognized merhige from an he had sewed of "america's most wanted". >>> new video and strong words in iran today adding to the political powder keg there. this is amateur video. take a look. this video is believed to be from weekend's bloody threat, street battles that left eight opposition protesters dead. government official also been saying that no guns were used but this appears to show a man in black firing several shots and new today, iran's interior minister threatened to take a harder line, saying police are under orders to show no leniency to protesters. this comes one day after opposition leader mir hossein moussavi said he is willing to die for his cause. >> free press for iran. no more justice. >> human rights, democracy and freedom of the press, deet manneds of iranian protesters are being brought to president obama's doorstep. about 100 people rallied just outside the white house today and they say the world is looking for answers from president obama. >> if obama doesn't speak up and condemn more strongly his human rights violation and lend his suppo
moat tell's opener recognized merhige from an he had sewed of "america's most wanted". >>> new video and strong words in iran today adding to the political powder keg there. this is amateur video. take a look. this video is believed to be from weekend's bloody threat, street battles that left eight opposition protesters dead. government official also been saying that no guns were used but this appears to show a man in black firing several shots and new today, iran's interior...
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whether there was information about a threat his son made about america. that information should have been knitted up together with the prior electronic intercept that talks about a nigerian being involved in a christmas airplane attack. >> this goes to the question of bureaucratic bloat. one of the issues i keep hearing when i talk to intelligence officials is they feel there were more entities added on after the 9/11 commission made recommendations and none taken away. there are more people working in the community. there are more bits of intelligence coming in. maybe it needs streamlining. my question to you, fran, because you worked in this community, did the 9/11 commission recommendations fail? >> i will tell you i actually think the execution of those agencies failed in this instance. i supported the recommendations and was actually responsible for their implementation. could the office of the dni, the executive office be smaller? probably. i have to tell you more people devoted to putting the dots together and collecting additional dots is a good t
whether there was information about a threat his son made about america. that information should have been knitted up together with the prior electronic intercept that talks about a nigerian being involved in a christmas airplane attack. >> this goes to the question of bureaucratic bloat. one of the issues i keep hearing when i talk to intelligence officials is they feel there were more entities added on after the 9/11 commission made recommendations and none taken away. there are more...
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it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person and everything for the sake of god, whom he supported. >> reporter: but, of course, this video is going to range a lot more questions than it answers here because it gives a clear indication that jordanian intelligence and the cia thought they really had an influence over dr. al balawi and here he's telling them directly, no, you didn't. >>> well, the young nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a northwest flight over michigan pleads not guilty. security was tight at the plea hearing quled for umar faruk abdulmutallab. cnn debra feyerick is covering this for us live from detroit. deb, how did abdulmutallab appear in court yesterday? >> reporter: it was very interesting. he was very thin, very frail. his clothes that he was wearing just really way too big for him. he walked into the courtroom very slowly, very deliberately and difficulty. remember, the alleged suicide bombers from sef-inflicted second-degree lap burns that he got when he detonated the
it will remain that we take revenge for his death in america and outside america. it is a trust on every person and everything for the sake of god, whom he supported. >> reporter: but, of course, this video is going to range a lot more questions than it answers here because it gives a clear indication that jordanian intelligence and the cia thought they really had an influence over dr. al balawi and here he's telling them directly, no, you didn't. >>> well, the young nigerian man...
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there's a tv pilot for nbc called "funny in farsi," which is an iranian family living in america. it's from a book by an iranian author, an american named firza doumah. which could help present more iranians to the western world. and i think that what's happening right now with the green movement as well is we're seeing iranians fighting for democracy and freedom and doing things that we had never known iranians as. in the past we'd always known iran as the place where the hostages were taken or, again, the "not without my daughter" type example. but now i think the west is seeing and the rest of the world is seeing that iranians do want democracy, we do want freedom, and that we're good people. and i think there's these movements happening within hollywood as well. the movie "prince of persia" is coming out which i believe presents us in a positive light. there are some good things happening. >> maybe it will be like bollywood, it will be iraniwood or something like that. >> i hope so. >> maz, bobak, azar, and rudi, thank you. happy new year to you and best of luck zplp thank you
there's a tv pilot for nbc called "funny in farsi," which is an iranian family living in america. it's from a book by an iranian author, an american named firza doumah. which could help present more iranians to the western world. and i think that what's happening right now with the green movement as well is we're seeing iranians fighting for democracy and freedom and doing things that we had never known iranians as. in the past we'd always known iran as the place where the hostages...